straightness

NOUN

honesty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

candor confidence fairness faithfulness frankness honor integrity loyalty morality probity rectitude responsibility self-respect sincerity trustworthiness veracity virtue

STRONG

bluntness conscientiousness equity fidelity genuineness goodness impeccability incorruptibility justness openness outspokenness plainness principle reputability right scrupulousness soundness straightforwardness trustiness uprightness

WEAK

evenhandedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor disloyalty distrust evil falsehood immorality unfairness

STRONG

unjustness

WEAK

artifice cheating deceit deception duplicity fraud fraudulence lying treachery

NOUN

incorruptibility

Synonyms

STRONG

bluntness candor confidence conscientiousness equity fairness faithfulness fidelity frankness genuineness goodness honor honorableness impeccability integrity justness loyalty morality openness outspokenness plainness principle probity rectitude reputability responsibility right scrupulousness self-respect sincerity soundness straightforwardness trustiness trustworthiness uprightness veracity virtue

WEAK

evenhandedness upstandingness

Antonyms

STRONG

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor disloyalty distrust evil falsehood immorality inconstancy inequity injustice lying partiality treachery unfairness unjustness wrong

NOUN

upstandingness

Synonyms

WEAK

bluntness candor confidence conscientiousness equity evenhandedness fairness faithfulness fidelity frankness genuineness goodness honor honorableness impeccability incorruptibility integrity justness loyalty morality openness outspokenness plainness principle probity rectitude reputability responsibility right scrupulousness self-respect sincerity soundness straightforwardness trustiness trustworthiness uprightness veracity virtue

Example Sentences

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In a city where I once performed straightness and monogamy, I’m finally choosing what feels good — with her, her wife and the queer community that keeps unfolding around me.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

Or, was "SNL" presenting queerness with the same banality as we’ve come to see straightness, albeit with the use of a somewhat dehumanizing pun?

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

"You get judged on straightness, firmness and levelness," Mr Mycock adds.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2023

But the Egyptians imported conifers—which builders often preferred for their straightness and strength—from Lebanon and Syria.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2023

He could not take a chance—not with the life or with the straightness of Coyotito.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

straightness

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